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3rd August 2022 | 1:48 pm | Holly Newnham

Sureset Installation Of The Year Award

Coatech was awarded 3rd place in the Sureset Installation Of The Year Award 2021. You can find out more about this project here : Holly Cottage.

The existing driveway looked tired and messy with the original old loose gravel. The clients wanted a surface that looked good all year round as well as easy to maintain with minimal cost and effort.

The loose gravel was removed from the driveway and pathway areas so the base beneath could be regulated level ready for an open-graded asphalt binder to be laid. To edge the resin bound paving a high-end grey block paver was installed to enhance the home’s roof tiles, fencing, and gate.

There were a few minor difficulties during the main preparation and edging works. The edging was in fact a clay blue edging from Ketley brick made to order which took Coatech’s team 16 weeks to procure and through this, they had to manage their client’s expectations during the difficult times of the 2020 pandemic a lot of industries were suffering from general building material shortages and haulage problems.

The golden colours of the resin bound materials complemented the homes natural wooden porch beams, cladding, and oak door. The permeability of the SureSets resin bound system was also another deciding factor for the client as they vastly wanted to improve any potential ponding and have a SuDS-compatible system over the entire driveway.

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